Preliminary draft amending budget No 9 to the general budget 2008 - Statement of expenditure by section - Section VI: European Economic and Social Committee
Date: 2008-10-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Budget, European Commission
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, European official, amending budget, budgetary expenditure, pay, pension scheme, preliminary draft EC budget

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 6.10.2008 
COM(2008) 619 final 

PRELIMINARY DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 9  
TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2008 

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION  
Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee 

(presented by the Commission) 

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PRELIMINARY DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 9  
TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2008 

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION  
Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee 

Having regard to: 

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the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular  Article 272 
thereof, 

the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Atomic  Energy  Community,  and  in  particular 
Article 177 thereof, 

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial 
Regulation  applicable  to  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Communities1,  as  last 
amended  by  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1525/20072,  and  in  particular  Article 37 
thereof, 

the  European  Commission  hereby  presents  to  the  budgetary  authority  the  Preliminary  Draft 
Amending Budget No 9 to the 2008 budget. 

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OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. 
OJ L 343, 27.12.2007, p. 9. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 

Purpose of the request .................................................................................................. 4 

Impact on the budget.................................................................................................... 4 

SUMMARY TABLE BY HEADING OF THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK ....................... 6 

CHANGES  TO  THE  STATEMENT  OF  REVENUE  AND  EXPENDITURE  BY 
SECTION  

The  changes  to  the  general  statement  of  revenue  and  to  the  statement  of  revenue  and 
expenditure by section are being forwarded separately via the SEI-BUD system. An English 
version  of  the  changes  to  the  general  statement  of  revenue  and  to  statement  of  revenue  and 
expenditure by section is attached for information as a budgetary annex. 

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1. 

INTRODUCTION 

Preliminary  Draft  Amending  Budget  (PDAB)  No 9  for  the  year  2008  concerns  only  the 
European  Economic  and  Social  Committee  (EESC)  and  covers  the  budgetary  adjustments 
resulting from the fact that the increase in salaries and pensions was lower than that used as a 
basis for drawing up the 2008 preliminary draft.  

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PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST  

The  Preliminary  Draft  Budget  (PDB)  for  2008  presented  by  the  EESC  was  based  on  an 
estimate of a 2.2% increase for pay and pensions (Commission memo of 14 February 2007). 

On  17  December  2007  the  Council,  acting  on  a  Commission  proposal,  adopted  Regulation 
No 1558/2007  increasing  with  effect  from  1  July  2007  the  remuneration  and  pensions  of 
officials and other servants of the European Communities by 1%. This is the increase that was 
applied to pay and pensions in 2007.  

However,  after  the  submission  of  the  Commission  proposal  to  the  Council,  Italy 
communicated new data concerning the increase in the remuneration of its civil servants with 
effect  from  1  February  2007.  Therefore  the  Commission  presented  a  revised  proposal 
increasing pay and pensions by a further 0.4% with effect from 1 July 2007. 

The consequence for 2008 is that appropriations for pay and pensions can be reduced by about 
0.6%. This is the result of two technical adjustments: 

–  the reduction of pay and pensions expenditure by about 0.8% due to the difference between 

the 2.2% estimated increase and the 1.4% actual increase;  

–  the increase of pay and pensions expenditure by about 0.2% due to the one-off backdated 

payment of 0.4% for the last six months of 2007. 

3. 

IMPACT ON THE BUDGET  

According to the EESC’s estimates, the impact on the budget resulting from the adjustment of 
salaries will come to €318 262  in expenditure and €48 265 in re venue. The effect on pensions 
is  reflected  in  the  Commission  budget  and  has  already  been  adjusted  in  amending  budget 
No 3. 3 Only the indirect effect on revenue (contributions to the pension scheme) is contained 
in this PDAB for the EESC. The breakdown is shown in the table below. 

–  The 0.8% reduction in expenditure on remunerations comes to €430 648 

–  The 0.2% increase in expenditure on remunerations comes to €112 386. 

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OJ L 208, 5.8.2008, p. 2. 

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PROPOSAL FOR AN AMENDING BUDGET FOR THE EESC 

2008 – non-compulsory expenditure* 

Article 

Remuneration and other 
entitlements  
Provisional appropriation 

120  

129 

140   Other staff and externals 

* (Budgetary situation at 16/07/2008) 

Initial 
appropriation 
incl. transfers 

Commitments 
entered into 

Payments 

Appropriations 
available for 
commitments 

PDAB 

Appropriations 
available 
after PDAB 

57 708 841 

55 775 000 

32 477 242 

1 933 841 

-294 885 

1 638 956 

883 902 

2 415 274 

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0 

2 131 802 

1 261 276 

883 902 

283 472 
TOTAL 

-7 054 

-16 323 
-318 262 

876 848 

267 149 

2008 - Revenue 

Article 

Forecasts for the 
year 

Amounts received 

PDAB 

Forecasts for the 
year after PDAB 

400   Proceeds from taxation on the salaries, wages and allowances of Members of 

the institution, officials, other servants and recipients of pensions 

4 257 886 

2 248 294 

-21 289 

4 236 597 

404   Proceeds from the special levy on the salaries of Members of the institutions, 

officials and other servants in active employment 

544 034 

289 739 

-2 721 

541 313 

410  

Staff contributions to the pension scheme 

4 851 062 

2 660 863 

TOTAL 

-24 255 

-48 265 

4 826 807 

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Financial framework 
Heading/subheading 

2008 Financial framework 

Budget 2008 (incl. AB 1-5/2008 and PDAB 6-
8/2008) 

PDAB 9/2008 

Budget 2008 + AB 1-5/2008 and PDAB 6-
9/2008 

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SUMMARY TABLE BY HEADING OF THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK  

and 

10 386 000 000

11 086 000 000

9 768 739 600

1. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH 
1a.  Competitiveness 
employment 
1b. Cohesion for growth and employment 

growth 

for 

Total 
Margin4 
AND 
NATURAL 

PRESERVATION 

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MANAGEMENT 
RESOURCES 
Of  which  market  related  expenditure  and 
direct payments 

OF 

Total 
Margin 
FREEDOM, 

CITIZENSHIP, 

3. 
SECURITY AND JUSTICE 
3a. Freedom, Security and Justice 
3b. Citizenship 

4. EU AS A GLOBAL PLAYER6 

5. ADMINISTRATION7 

6. COMPENSATION 

Total 
Margin5   

Margin 

Margin 

Margin 
TOTAL 
Margin   

47 267 000 000
57 653 000 000

46 217 000 000

59 193 000 000

747 000 000
615 000 000
1 362 000 000

7 002 000 000

7 380 000 000

207 000 000

132 797 000 000

129 681 000 000

47 255 948 720
58 341 948 720

-188 948 720  

40 538 785 026
50 307 524 626

41 006 490 000

40 889 550 500

55 564 715 538

3 628 284 462  

53 241 270 053

7 30 274 000
888 034 197
1 618 308 197

16 883 000  

7 311 218 000
-70 000 000
7 279 525 455
177 474 545
206 636 292
363 708
130 322 352 202
3 564 056 995

533 196 000
981 444 203
1 514 640 203

8 112 728 400

7 280 085 455

-318 262

-318 262

206 636 292

120 662 885 029
9 573 450 956

-318 262

-318 262

11 086 000 000

9 768 739 600 

47 255 948 720
58 341 948 720

-188 948 720  

40 538 785 026 
50 307 524 626 

41 006 490 000

40 889 550 500 

55 564 715 538

3 628 284 462  

53 241 270 053 

730 274 000
888 034 197
1 618 308 197

16 883 000  

7 311 218 000
-70 000 000
7 279 207 193
177 792 807
206 636 292
363 708
130 322 033 940
3 564 375 257

533 196 000 
981 444 203 
1 514 640 203 

8 112 728 400 

7 279 767 193 

206 636 292 

120 662 566 767 
9 573 769 218 

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The  European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund  (EGF)  is  not  included  in  the  calculation  of  the  margin  under  Heading  1a.  The  Flexibility  Instrument  has  been  mobilised  for  an  amount  of 
EUR 200 million. 
The European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) amount is entered over and above the relevant headings as foreseen by the IIA of 17 May 2006 (OJ C 139 of 14.6.2006). 
The  2008  margin  for  heading  4  does  not  take  into  account  the  appropriations  related  to  the  Emergency  Aid  Reserve.  The  Flexibility  Instrument  has  been  mobilised  for  an  amount  of 
EUR 70 million. 
For  calculating  the  margin  under  the  ceiling  for  heading  5,  account  is  taken  of  the  footnote  (1)  of  the  financial  framework  2007-2013  for  an  amount  of  EUR 77 million  for  the  staff 
contributions to the pensions scheme. 

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